κάτω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰτᾰ́ (katá) +‎ -ω (-ō, adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.tɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.to/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.to/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.to/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.to/

Adverb

κᾰ́τω • (kátō)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “most senses”): ᾰ̓́νω (ánō)

Descendants

Greek: κάτω (káto)
Mariupol Greek: ка́ту (kátu)

Preposition

κᾰ́τω • (kátō) (governs the genitive)

under, below

Further reading

“κάτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κάτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“κάτω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
κάτω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“κάτω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
“κάτω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάτω (kátō).

Compare Mariupol Greek ка́ту (kátu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka.to/

Adverb

κάτω • (káto)

down
below, beneath
Antonym: άνω (áno)

Synonyms

χάμω (chámo)

Related terms

αποκάτω (apokáto, “underneath”)
παρακάτω (parakáto, “further down”)
κατα- (kata-, “below”)
στο κάτω κάτω της γραφής (sto káto káto tis grafís, “eventually, in the end”)
στο κάτω κάτω (sto káto káto, “eventually, in the end”)
κατώτερος (katóteros, “lower, more inferior”)

Further reading

“κάτω”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998

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